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Install Ubuntu GNU/Linux 7.04 Feisty Fawn on a Asus G2S-7T040C

I've recently buy a new laptop because of the wreckage of my 9 years old Dell. For many reasons, my choice was a monster from Asus, i've named the G2S-7T040C. This article guides you trough the installation of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on this hardware.

Installation

First, install Ubuntu with the "alternate" CD-ROM (this is to say, in text mode, i wasn't able to boot with the "Desktop" version).

Attansic Technology Corp L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

This ethernet adapter has driver available in Linux kernel after 2.6.21. So i've backported the 2.6.22 linux kernel from Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. Get a USB stick (or a blank CD-Rom) and download the following Debian package :

Put this file on the USB stick in order to transfer it on your laptop. Start the laptop in "recovery mode" (available by pressing the Esc key if it does not show at boot) in order to bypass the display bug due to the lack of support for your graphic controler. Plug your USB key and mount it :

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

Then, install the package :

dpkg -i /mnt/linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb

Then, you need to declare the atl1 module as a networking driver :

echo "alias eth0 atl1" > /etc/modutils/atl1

Restart and choose the new kernel (still using the "recovery mode") in order to gain network access. After the reboot, we need to configure the network. If you have a DHCP server on your network (witch is very likely), just run this command line (after plugging the network cable :D) :

Nvidia GeForce 8600 video controller

Now that your network is working, we can install the packages needed to gain full support of our display device. We start by adding the part of my repositories containing Envy to our apt configuration :

Solve of restart and stop problems

It seems that the restart and stop of the system raise problems. A graphic bug show. It is probably not very good for our beautiful 17" screen. To solve this problem, we need to disable the splash screen. This is done by the following command line :

You need then to run this command in order to take account of this modification :

sudo update-grub

You can now reboot your system in order to activate this option.

On-board sound controller

The on-board sound controller of this laptop is based on a Intel chipset that is known to have problems. In order to make it work, we install a backport of the Gutsy Gibbon Alsa. Start by adding the needed repository :

After the reboot, your son should be working, but at a very low level. This is due to the fact that the headset volume and speaker volume are separate. You need to change the settings of the sound control applet. Right-click on the applet and choose "settings". In the menu that open, choose "Speaker" in the select list
(as far as i know, it is the last item of the list).

Webcam D-Max Sonix 213 (unfinished)

After i discovered that the uvcvideo module was used to control the on-board webcam, i've done some search. I've discovered a way to make the webcam work. In first time, we get the last version of development drivers :